Shakirullah was a good boy. He came from a good family. He lived in a rural village in Pakistan and wanted to please his parents, who in turn wanted him to be a good Muslim. Knowing that they were not… Continue Reading
In February of this year, Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher, H.M. Royal Marines, was assigned with the rest of his unit to Afghanistan. While out on a raid on a Taliban compound, he felt a wire move against his leg and… Continue Reading
As a further evidence that torture is unnecessary to achieve our foreign policy goals — even the sub rosa gathering of intelligence about enemy movements — I refer you Readers to this piece in today’s WaPo. As it turns out,… Continue Reading
No torture. Ever. That’s an issue that the Democrats had been pushing the White House on for a long time before the election, after Abu Ghraib came to light and accusations of torture in the Guantánamo Bay terrorist prison began… Continue Reading
We can look forward to a nuclear or biological attack on the United States by terrorists taking place within the next four years, most likely in the form of weaponized anthrax. And there is probably nothing we can do to… Continue Reading
I took Barack Obama to task during the primaries for this statement, first announced in a primary debate against his fellow Democrats and later underlined when he affirmed it in subsequent campaign statements: “If we have actionable intelligence about high-value… Continue Reading
No, I’m still not really over it. Yes, the passage of time helps out with perspective. The world did not actualy change much that day. Our perception of it did, though. We did some things in response to it that… Continue Reading
A military tribunal has tried Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s driver, and found him guilty of receiving weapons training and delivering arms in the cause of terrorist attacks on the United States. He has been sentenced to imprisionment for five… Continue Reading
Plenty of spoilers here, in case you’ve not seen The Dark Knight. But on the other hand, if you read either entertainment or political columns on blogs, you’ve probably seen this stuff already. Here’s my take on it. Somehow, an… Continue Reading